The House of Substance: Someone Should Sue Google Translate

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Someone Should Sue Google Translate

18 comments:

fish said...: ACCURATE!; December 21, 2011 at 1:55 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: I think you're biased, Nazim.; December 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM
Dr.KennethNoisewater said...: You're goddamn right, someone should sue. THIS is Emotion Vampire. DUH!; December 21, 2011 at 2:04 PM
wiley said...: ايلي الساحرة

This is moi in arabic. I have no idea what it says. My meat-world first name means "farm woman" in Cantonese.; December 21, 2011 at 2:33 PM
Dr.KennethNoisewater said...: Well, it's official:w/v is sentient.

"farmam"; December 21, 2011 at 2:35 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: This is moi in arabic. I have no idea what it says.

I only read Arabic well enough to sound things out and I do that badly, but I'd say it looks something like Ayli Alsahreh. Maybe Mandos is around.

If you want sounds I woulda gone with something more like ولي
for "Wiley" and the "witch" part is trouble because I don't think there's an equivalent for the "tch" sound and anyway the word just gets translated.; December 21, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: "Lena" is a really awesome name because I've seen it in Farsi as لنا which looks, um, appropriately feminine.; December 21, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: Hmm, maybe ويتش for witch...; December 21, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Smut Clyde said...: I've seen it in Farsi as لنا

BUTTOCKS.; December 21, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: Buttocks with a belly button, Mr. Body Modification?; December 21, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Dr.KennethNoisewater said...: OK, that's weird. I immediately went to boobs, Smut went to butts...and I JUST figured out that Sub was referring to, you, know that NAUGHTY AREA where the vibrator (or whatever) goes.; December 21, 2011 at 4:16 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: I suppose the tramp stamp counts, but those are usually not so dainty.; December 21, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Dr.KennethNoisewater said...: Weird. I always thought tramp stamps were known for their tasteful subtlety.; December 21, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Mandos said...: My grasp of Arabic is mostly second-hand, from a childhood occasionally speaking a language that superficially (!!!) uses the same script plus some basic Muslim education. Substance's pronunciation seems right to me. But I don't know why they didn't put a waw to get "Waili". Maybe in Arabic that would become "Wa-aili".; December 21, 2011 at 6:16 PM
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...: And then the Vamplions ruled for a thousand years.
~; December 21, 2011 at 9:22 PM
Smut Clyde said...: Using Arabic script to write non-Semitic languages is just silly. But it's not as if using Latin script to write English has worked particularly well.; December 22, 2011 at 2:28 AM
Smut Clyde said...: And then the Vamplions ruled for a thousand years.

Do they have vamp stamps? AFAF.; December 22, 2011 at 2:29 AM
fish said...: where the vibrator (or whatever) goes.

Did not know they could vibrate. Where is the switch? AFAF; December 22, 2011 at 4:05 AM

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